The Detroit Tigers do not want to trade Tarik Skubal, but the shape of their season has started building the kind of pressure that fuels the conversation anyway.
Patient at-bats from the Hens along with excellent work from the bullpen carried them to victory on Thursday. Bryan Sammons started this game, but left after slipping and hitting the dirt while pitching to the first hitter.
The Detroit Tigets cannot catch a break right now and that could end up being a gift for another team out there across Major League Baseball. Detroit employs one of the very best pitchers on the planet in Tarik Skubal.
The Detroit Tigers are in the middle of a sluggish stretch of baseball. They have a 4-15 record in May and have dropped to a shocking 20-31 record. For a team with high aspirations after two consecutive playoff berths, the Tigers need to figure things out quickly.
Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.
It appears that Paul DeJong, who recently signed a minor league deal with the Tigers, is done for the year. The Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens have placed him on the full-season injured list, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com.
You would think that being one of the hottest-hitting catchers in the league would put a player on every fantasy manager’s radar. But that somehow isn’t the case for Dillon Dingler.
Going into the 2026 season, the Detroit Tigers were loading up for a deep run in the postseason. They signed former Houston Astros left-hander Framber Valdez in free agency to give them another top starter behind Tarik Skubal.
The fourth game of the Tigers’ miserable series against the Guardians kicked off this afternoon and the best thing I can say about this series is that it’s almost over.
Two weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose bone chip from his pitching elbow, Detroit Tigers left-handed ace Tarik Skubal threw a 35-pitch bullpen session Thursday and came away pleased with the results.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
Detroit Tigers rookie infielder Kevin McGonigle has wasted no time getting acclimated to the MLB level. McGonigle made the Opening Day roster after a stellar spring training, and as of May 21, he is hitting .285 with two home runs and 16 RBIs in 48 games.
While most of the attention when it comes to Detroit Tigers injuries is on Tarik Skubal’s elbow surgery recovery at the moment, veteran Justin Verlander is also recovering from an injury.
Going into 2026, many believed that the Detroit Tigers were going to shift into another gear after making the playoffs two straight seasons, ending with the same result.
Casey Mize made a stellar return from the injured list last weekend. The Detroit Tigers need him to retain that form on Thursday as they try to prevent the visiting Cleveland Guardians from completing a four-game sweep.
The Detroit Tigers continue closely monitoring Gleyber Torres as the veteran infielder works through the final stages of recovery from a left oblique strain.
The Detroit Tigers dropped to 20-29 after suffering their fourth straight loss. They trail the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the American League Central by 7.5 games.
The Detroit Tigers‘ two biggest additions came late in the offseason when they landed Framber Valdez and Justin Verlander to round out their rotation. Two proven veterans with a winning pedigree, World Series rings, and an ability to lift the rotation’s ceiling.
The Tigers announced that right-hander Will Vest has been activated from the 15-day injured list. Vest will take the spot of Ty Madden, who is headed to the 15-day IL himself due to a right forearm contusion. Madden’s placement is retroactive to May 16.